Jan 21, 1968: Robert Earl Hayden Day celebrated
It is a special tribute to the city native, renowned poet and current professor of English at Fisk University in Nashville.
Blight authority to level 35-block area, 68 homes in northwest Detroit
The area is riddled with abandoned, burned-out homes, dead trees and discarded tires and garbage.
L. Brooks Patterson: ‘Anytime I talk about Detroit, it will not be positive’
Just when you think you’ve heard it all from Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, the fiery Republican comes back with something even more obscene and divisive.
Jan. 20, 1986: MLK Day observed for the first time
The holiday was initially proposed by Rep. John Conyers (D., MI) and Sen. Edward Brooke (D., Mass) in 1979.
Photo essay: Detroit loses quarter of its liquor stores in 5 years
The ubiquitous corner stores serve as grocers and are a staple for booze, junk food, cell phones, cigarettes and the lotto.
Jan. 17, 1977: Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish” tops the R&B charts
The song focuses on his childhood from the 1950s into the early 1960s.
4-year-old girl fatally shoots 4-year-old cousin after finding gun in house
Detroit police said the girl found a long gun underneath a bed and shot her male cousin at west-side house.
Jan. 16, 1979: R&B singer Aaliyah is born in Brooklyn
Raised in Detroit, Aaliyah attended Gesu Catholic School and the Detroit Public Schools’ High School for the Fine and Performing Arts.
New security at Packard Plant chases away long-time scrappers
Over the past two years, scrappers have grown bolder and more reckless, causing fires, tearing down buildings and trying to topple the enormous water tower.
Ex-Police Chief Godbee says he sent Bible verses, not threats, to former fiancé
Merica Patterson filed a PPO against Godbee earlier this month, saying the former police chief threatened her for months and used FBI contacts to spy on her.